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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1942

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Rugby Red Cross

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 4

The committee of the Rugby Branch of the Red Cross Society met on the 2nd inst., when it was decided to…

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Jerrara Tennis

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 5

On Saturday, 9th inst, a ladies and gent.'s doubles tennis tournament, on the American divisional system,…

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Benefit Cricket

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 4

A team of Wheeo cricketers has been chosen to play a team representing Crookwell Miners on the Memorial…

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Football: Crookwell and Miners Play a Scoreless Draw

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 8

A big crowd turned out to see the Iron Miners and a team representing Crookwell play their second match of…

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Rugby League

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

On Sunday the Goulburn representative football team will meet a military combination from the showground in a return match. This game,…

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Sunday Tennis Tourney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

A ladies' tennis tournament arranged by the Red Cross Younger Set will be played at the Goulburn Calf Club's courts on Sunday afternoon…

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Bowls Notes Club's Great Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

Words are really Inadequate to express the greatness of the club's loss when Percy Meyer passed to the Great Beyond on Monday last…

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Tennis Notes Teams Competition

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

At its meeting this week the Goulburn Tennis Association Council decided to conduct a teams' competition…

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Dalton Tennis Patriotic Tournament

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

DALTON: A euchre party held on May 9 at Pearl Bay in aid of Dalton, Blakeney Creek and Pearl. Bay patriotic fund, realised £1/10/. The…

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Golf Harden Club Opens Season

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 4

The Harden Golf Club opened its season yesterday, when there was a good attendance of members and Associates, also golfers from kindred…

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Melbourne Racing Oaks Day Eliminated

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Oaks Day, for many years a great day in the spring racing, will disappear as a result of the latest allocation of…

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Rugby

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 5

On Friday, 8th instant, the Rugby Hall Committee held a dance in aid of the tall funds, which proved quite a success both socially…

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Fewer Meetings Goulburn Coursing

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 2

As a result of the Government's decision to curtail racing programmes, the Goulburn Show Coursing Club will in future limit its…

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Boongarra Boy Coursing Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 1

Boongarra Boy, consistent Goulburn performers ran brilliantly to the one-tenth of a second off the course record during the running of the…

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Rugby League Goulburn Defeated

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 3

A military team from the Show ground, which included players from Cootamundra, Temora, Cowra, Young and Gundagai, defeated Goulburn's…

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Melbourne Cup Under Racing Ban

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Melbourne Cup day, one of Victoria's most popular holidays, will come under the ban on public holidays this year, and the race…

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Sunday Cup Football for Patriotic Funds

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 5

At a meeting convened by Mr. Jack Munro and held on Thursday night last, it was decided to hold Sunday…

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Miners Marooned: Football Flop: Crookwell Too Good: Leonard Shines

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 4

Crookwell put paid to the account of the team from the Iron Mine on Sunday last…

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Associate Golf

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 May 1942 · page 2

The following is the draw for Sunday next:—Mrs. Stehr v. Miss N. Walker, Mrs. W. T. Walker v. Mrs. McIntosh, Mrs. Cusack v. Mrs. Moore,…

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Younger Set Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 May 1942 · page 5

Success marked the patriotic tennis tournament held by the Red Cross Younger Set at the Goulburn Golf Club courts last Sunday. There…

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